Philosophy of Physics, UMD


New Directions in the Foundations of Physics:
A Memorial Conference for Rob Clifton (1964 - 2002)
American Institute of Physics, College Park, May 2 - 4, 2003

Sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Faculty of Arts and Science, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Philosophy, the University of Pittsburgh Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Georgetown University Graduate School, Georgetown University Philosophy Department, the University of Maryland (College Park) College of Arts and Humanities, the University of Maryland (College Park) Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences, the University of Maryland (Baltimore County) Department of Physics, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, the American Institute of Physics Center for the History of Physics, and co-ordinated through the Foundations of Physics Group (UMCP, UMBC, JHU, and Georgetown University)

Friday, May 2

Session 1 (Morning)
Chair:
JEREMY BUTTERFIELD
All Souls, Oxford
9:00 - 10:00 Breakfast Buffet
10:00 - 10:15 Opening Remarks MARILYN CLIFTON
10:15 - 11:35 "Quantum Theory as an Example of a Probability Theory with Special Focus on Composite Systems" LUCIEN HARDY
Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics
Waterloo, Canada
11:35 - 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 - 1:10 "In Defense of the Epistemic View of Quantum States" ROB SPEKKENS
Department of Physics
University of Toronto
1:10 - 2:30 Lunch

Session 2 (Afternoon)
Chair:
ROB RYNASIEWICZ
Philosophy, Johns Hopkins
2:30 - 3:50 "Further Thoughts on Non-Contextuality and the Finite Precision Loophole" ADRIAN KENT
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Cambridge University
3:50 - 4:10 Coffee Break
4:10 - 5:30 "Generalizations of Kochen and Specker's Theorem" ITAMAR PITOWSKY
Department of Philosophy
The Hebrew University Jerusalem
7:00 - 9:00 Wine and Cheese Party
American News Women's Club, 1607 22nd St., Washington, DC


Saturday, May 3

Session 3 (Morning)
Chair:
JOHN NORTON
HPS, Pittsburgh
9:00 - 10:00 Breakfast Buffet
10:00 - 11:20 "Generalizing the Hughston-Josza-Wootters Theorem to Type-II and Type-III Factors" HANS HALVORSON
Department of Philosophy
Princeton University
11:20 - 11:40 Coffee Break
11:40 - 1:00 "Quantum Foundations in the Light of Quantum Information" JEFFREY BUB
Department of Philosophy
University of Maryland College Park
1:00 - 2:30 Lunch

Session 4 (Afternoon)
Chair:
JOSSI BERKOVITZ
Philosophy, UMBC
2:30 - 3:50 "Article Creation by Black Holes" LAURA RUETSCHE
Department of Philosophy
University of Pittsburgh
3:50 - 4:10 Coffee Break
4:10 - 5:30 "A View from Nowhere: Quantum Reference Frames and Uncertainty" MICHAEL DICKSON
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Indiana
6:00 - 9:00 Reception
AIP


Sunday, May 4

Session 5 (Morning)
Chair:
JAMES MATTINGLY
Philosophy, Georgetown
9:00 - 10:00 Breakfast Buffet
10:00 - 11:20 "David Albert on the (Non)-Time Reversal Invariance of Classical Electromagnetic Theory" DAVID MALAMENT
Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science
University of California Irvine
11:20 - 11:40 Coffee Break
11:40 - 1:00 "Boltzmann's Work in Statistical Physics" JOS UFFINK
Institute for History and Foundations of Science
University of Utrecht
1:00 - 2:30 Lunch

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Discussants include: Carolina Alves (Physics, Oxford), Shuhei Amakawa (Physics, Cambridge), Frank Arntzenius (Philosophy, Rutgers), Gordon Belot (Philosophy, NYU), Jossi Berkovitz (Philosophy, UMBC), Howard Brandt (US Army Research Lab), Joan Bromberg (JHU), Harvey Brown (Philosophy, Oxford), Stephen Brush (History & IPST, UMCP), Jeremy Butterfield (Philosophy, Oxford), Michael Cifone (Philosophy, UMCP), Kevin Davey (Philosophy, Pittsburgh), William Demopoulos (Philosophy, Western Ontario), Steve Dillingham (Philosophy, JHU), Ari Duwell (HPS, Pittsburgh), George Farre (Philosophy, Georgetown), Arthur Fine (Philosophy, U Washington), Michael Fisher (Physics & IPST, UMCP), Gordon Fleming (Physics, Penn State), Brendan Foster (Physics, UMCP), Doreen Fraser (HPS, Pittsburgh), Chris Fuchs (Bell Labs), Stu Gluck (Philosophy, JHU), Sona Ghosh (Philosophy, Western Ontario), Sheldon Goldstein (Math, Rutgers), Ken Hennacy (Physics, UMCP), Brian Hepburn (HPS, Pittsburgh), Bei-Lok Hu (Physics, UMCP), Nick Huggett (Philosophy, U Illinois-Chicago), Ted Jacobson (Physics, UMCP), William Kallfelz (Physics, Piedmont), Ruth Kastner (Philosophy, UMCP), Frederick Kronz (Philosophy, U Texas-Austin), Boaz Leslau (Computer Science, Tel Aviv), Peter Lewis (Philosophy, Miami), Sam Lomonaco (Computer Science, UMBC), Tracy Lupher (HPS, Pittsburgh), James Mattingly (Philosophy, Georgetown), Kirk McDermid (Philosophy, Western Ontario), Robert McFarland (Physics, UMCP), F.A. Muller (History and Foundations of Science, Utrecht), Zac Myers (Philosophy, UMCP), Wayne Myrvold (Philosophy, Western Ontario), John Norton (HPS, Pittsburgh), Jill North (Philosophy, Rutgers), Dan Parker (Philosophy, UMCP), Don Perlis (Computer Science, UMCP), Arthur Pittenger (Mathematics, UMBC), Terry Rudolph (Bell Labs), Rob Rynasiewicz (Philosophy, Johns Hopkins), Chet Sapalio, Steven Savitt (Philosophy, UBC), Maximilian Schlosshauer (Philosophy, U Washington), Yanhua Shih (Physics, UMBC), Abner Shimony (Physics and Philosophy, Boston University), Michael Silberstein (Philosophy, Elizabethtown College), Chris Smeenk (Philosophy, MIT), Allen Stairs (Philosophy, UMCP), Joseph Sucher (Physics, UMCP), Chris Timpson (Philosophy, Oxford), Steve Weinstein (Philosophy, Dartmouth), Alexander Wilce (Mathematics, Susquehanna University), Christian Wuthrich (HPS, Pittsburgh), Anna Zelenak.

The conference will take place at the American Institute of Physics building: the American Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, a few minutes walk from the College Park metro station. For a map and directions, see directions. For general information about Washington, DC, see WashingtonInfo.

Since there are no convenient food facilities close by, we will be providing participants with a buffet-style breakfast and lunch. Coffee, tea, and soft drinks will also be available. To cover food costs, we are asking participants, other than invited speakers and discussants, to pay a registration fee of $45 or $15 per day ($30 or $10 per day for students).

If you are planning to attend, please register before April 1 by sending an email message to jbub@carnap.umd.edu with your name and institutional affiliation. Mail a cheque for the registration fee (made out to 'University of Maryland') to: Jeffrey Bub, Philosophy Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. The conference is limited to 100 participants and registration will be closed after we reach that number. Note: Registration for this conference is now closed.

For further information, contact Jeffrey Bub at jbub@carnap.umd.edu.

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